The Depository (2008)
The Depository is a soundscape portal that gives the participants and the viewers a sonic window into their community and a place to anonymously vocalize their concerns, much like the communication vein of an internet message board. It is created from several message posting places, each in a different city. There is an common interface of a security intercom, where viewers can listen to their secret sister city in real-time, record messages or postings for others to listen to messages, or listen to messages and postings from the sister city. While the Depositories provides a vehicle for expression, they are also a sonic portals to other worlds, painting a soundscape of a different land in Realtime, raising awareness of parallel activity. With these characteristics, the Depository bridges foreign places, builds community and enable connections, and by default, creates another space.